old school

Inspired by a freind I went to high school with and a fellow blogger, I'm going old school with Megan and using cloth diapers. I did this with Nathan for a while and really didn't mind it, so I've gotten out all the stuff I had for him, and armed with some new information I'm making a trip to a store for some new supplies for cloth diapering. Cloth diapers have come a long way since my mom used them with me as a baby. Now they have cloth diapers that work pretty much like a disposable diaper.
Here is a post by one of the people that inspired me to go cloth. She has lots of great info and links on her blog to more cloth diapering websites.

booooo

vacation is over. I do have tons of pictures to shre with you, but I made a slideshow instead of posting them individually which would have used up all the available space on my blog site. This isn't all the pictures I took, but it's a lot of the good ones. Enjoy!

PS. a big thank you to Sean's dad for letting us use his boat. I don't know what we would have done without it.

Happy 4th of July

I know I'm early but I'll be on vacation where I won't have access to the internet for a whole week. Anyway it's time for our annual lake trip and the kids couldn't be more excited. Emma has been counting down the days. Every morning she gets up and promptly tells me how many more days until we go to the lake. I remember being like that, and now I'm stuck doing all the planning, organizing, and packing which isn't nearly as much fun as counting down the days. Everyone stay safe over the holiday, and I'll be thinking of you all while I'm lying in the lake all day long!

I have arms?

Megan seems to forget that she has arms, and they have a purpose. If she is holding a toy up to her mouth and she drops it a little, instead of pulling it back up to her mouth, she leans forward trying to just get it with her mouth. It's rather funny watching her reaching and leaning so far forward trying to get a toy with her mouth wide open. Maybe someday she learn what her arms are for and give her neck a break!

the blog is rated...

Mingle² - Online Dating

ok, so I found a link to a blog rating thing on another blogger's site and I thought oh what the heck I haven't said anything bad, but it might be interesting to see what it says. So I put in our page info and it spits out a G rating. Then I scroll down and it says I received a G rating because I used the word "hell" 3 times and the word "suck" once. I don't know about eeryone else, but I find it odd that I got a G rating when those words aren't exactly Disney movie appropriate. Disney movies are definitely moving in a different direction, but I don't think if the words hell and suck were used in them they would still be rated G. Of course maybe I'm just not that observant anymore and language really isn't an issue.

watch out

here she is in her big girl car seat. She has just about out grown the infant seat you can carry around. I'm very sad because as of Januray 2008 the infant seat will be expired, which means we will never use the seat again.

5 months old

Tims is passing so quickly now. Megan is 5 months old and is changing every day. Her bottom two teeth are in and I can tell there are more on the way with all thr drool that comes out of her mouth daily. She is also so close to crawling already. Yes, I said crawling! She already pushes up on her hands and knees, and sometimes her feet. She keeps pushing herself backwards though. She threw herself forward the other day in an effort to get Nathan, but other than that she scoots backward all the time, and she is fast! I keep thinking back to when Emma and Nathan were babies, and I'm amazed at how far ahead Megan is in comparison. I think it is mostly becaue she wants to keep up with Emma and Nathan, but it's fun watching her learn something new everyday. She is also very into her toys now, and will entertain herself for 15 minutes or more depending on her mood. It's so exciting watching her grow, but I'm going to miss these days as she gets bigger.
She also has gotten her very first cold. She is very uncomfortable, but not overly fussy. She really hates it when we suck out her nose, but that is better than her having trouble breathing when she eats because she is so stuffed up.
We have yet to start her on cereal or any other solids. I know a lot of parents start them out at 4 months, but neither Emma or Nathan were ready at 4 months, so we just waited with Megan too. Maybe we'll give it a try soon, but I don't really think she's missing out on anything. Stay tuned for pictures. I haven't taken any in the last couple of days, but I'm sure I'll get some this weekend.